Morty wrote:I have been agonising for the last few days wondering what to give up for Lent. I don’t drink alcohol, I was ordered to give up my beloved fags when I had my stroke. I’m a diabetic so chocolate was never going to be an option.......

I was running out of options quickly

I found out today that you don’t have to give something up for Lent. You can do something you don’t normally do instead. I asked the vicar if reading more Discworld was an option but that didn’t go down so well. So for my sins I have decided to read The New Testament over the 40 days of Lent.

And may God have mercy upon my soul

Also remember that lent observances are only monday to saturday and NOT SUNDAYS and historically has never included sundays.

kakaze wrote:I learned that most plants need Calcium. Why? They have no blood and no bones!

I would guess that they need the ions to maintain their electrolyte levels, so they can maintain high osmotic pressure in their cells (or they would go all floppy). Was that really boring? Sorry Maybe they have tiny green bones

What's up with this glass? Excuse me? Excuse me? This is my glass? I don't think so. My glass was full! And it was a bigger glass!

kakaze wrote:I learned that most plants need Calcium. Why? They have no blood and no bones!

I would guess that they need the ions to maintain their electrolyte levels, so they can maintain high osmotic pressure in their cells (or they would go all floppy). Was that really boring? Sorry Maybe they have tiny green bones

If I remember from doing horticulture in school, they need calcium, nitrogen and phosphorus. I could be wrong though - it was a very, very long time ago.

“Men never commit evil so fully and joyfully as when they do it for religious convictions.” – Blaise Pascal

I learnt that when confronted with the dismissive rhetoric "How long is a piece of string" the lateral answer should be "From one end to the other". Having learnt this now all I need to do is wait until someone makes that blasted remark again.

Andrew Böber wrote:I learnt that when confronted with the dismissive rhetoric "How long is a piece of string" the lateral answer should be "From one end to the other". Having learnt this now all I need to do is wait until someone makes that blasted remark again.

How long are you prepared to wait?

“Men never commit evil so fully and joyfully as when they do it for religious convictions.” – Blaise Pascal

Andrew Böber wrote:I learnt that when confronted with the dismissive rhetoric "How long is a piece of string" the lateral answer should be "From one end to the other". Having learnt this now all I need to do is wait until someone makes that blasted remark again.

How long are you prepared to wait?

1 minute, I reckon.

"Disliking Carrot would be like kicking a puppy.""You kicked a puppy," Lobsang said accusingly.

Absolutely. On the other hand, saying them during an argument doesn't tend to help either. Whilst there is a lot that can be said in favour of a person having razor sharp wit it doesn't tend to pass the scrutiny of a person with a very sharp razor.

Having learnt this growing up in an army town, where such razor based scenarios are often enacted with alarming historical regularities, a person quickly adopts a philosophy – though perhaps more religion – akin to Rincewind’s own. It is better, albeit life-preserving, to spend most of your time running away as often as possible.

This flight or flight tendencies does cause problems in other walks of life, especially when you happen to be dealing with a tricky committee meeting and suddenly find yourself legging it down a street. Incongruously, committee meetings are not the sort of places life is found to thrive in, so running away from there should invariably be considered as a positive step in our evolution.